Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In Athens during his final foreign trip as president, President Obama explains ancient Greek's influence on essential qualities of democracy. His ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! American University History Professor Valerie French discusses the ancient Greek empire, its rise, and its impact on Western civilization. This ...

Over 2,400 years ago, during the time of the Peloponnesian War that engulfed Greece, the leader of the Greeks, Pericles, delivered his famous ‘Funeral Oration’ to commemorate the soldiers who died in ...

One of the greatest nations in the history of the world is in danger of collapsing. The national crisis in Greece has reached truly dire circumstances. At this writing, the huge debt that Greece owes ...

In this erudite and highly technical history, Cartledge (After Thermopylae), emeritus professor of Greek culture at Cambridge University, revisits the roots of democracy to understand how ancient ...

Recent debates over the meaning of “one person, one vote” and the lessons of ancient Greek democracy for the modern world highlight an important truth about democracy: it can’t be democratic all the ...

Do you know who is known as the Father of Democracy? Discover the ancient leader who gave power to the people, changed Athens ...

A new study has challenged long-held assumptions about the origins and history of democracy and democratic practices. An international team of scholars has uncovered evidence that collective ...

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...